Not a Glock fan. I don`t like the way they feel in my hand and the controls just feel slightly off. I like the feel of a couple of the concealed carry sized Sigs, but the real sweetheart in the mid-side semi-auto IMO is the H&K VP9. Love that weapon. It as a bit out of my price reach, so I have an IWI Masada that reminds me of the H&K in many ways and is very nice to fire.
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My issue weapon was a Glock 17. It was OK, but I have always been a S&W fan. Now that I`m retired, my off duty gun is now my primary car, a S&W M&P 9c, the "compact" 9mm that fits between the full-sized M&P and the `full compact` Shield.
I like the 9c better than the full sized Glock, I feel the trigger on the Smith is superior to the Glock and ironically, I shot BETTER with the smaller S&W, and I have big hands.
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My issue weapon was a Glock 17. It was OK, but I have always been a S&W fan. Now that I`m retired, my off duty gun is now my primary carry, a S&W M&P 9c, the "compact" 9mm that fits between the full-sized M&P and the `full compact` Shield.
I like the 9c better than the full sized Glock, I feel the trigger on the Smith is superior to the Glock and ironically, I shot BETTER with the smaller S&W, and I have big hands.
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I think I derailed this thread, sorry.
The grips on both my IWI and the H&K swap out too. The large sized grips fit me like a glove. Ditto for the medium grips on the H&K I tried.
After a couple decades of being handed an M9 (a.k.a. Beretta 92F) whenever he need arose, I was presently surprised to find something that fits well. My hands are not made for the Beretta and I never really liked carrying/firing it.
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[Accumulator resists the temptation to keep the handgun-detour going...]
I wonder if the (dis)/continuation of the "perfect as possible" is related to *why* people care(d) about it. I couldn`t care *less* what anybody else (other than Accumulatorette!) thinks of my paints` condition. I *do* care about my Techs having to work on a dirty vehicle, but "clean" and "marring-free" are two very different things. So I keep them clean on general principles, but I try to avoid any marring for utterly personal reasons.
For me, striving for perfection (on a BLACK car, no less), finally drove me to a state of burnout, where I had no interest at all in cleaning my car, let alone "detailing" it. I tried for perfection for myself, yes, but in an attempt to impress (and gain the approval of others) - others who could NEVER see the `imperfections` *I* did, and couldn`t see WHY I made such a fuss over having a perfectly clean, absolutely immaculate car.
SLOWLY, the interest did return - but so did the realization that why SHOULD *I* care what the other people (who were blind to horribly swirled and damaged paint anyway), thought.
So, I lowered my expectations, BUT improved my game. Lower Expectations = LESS STRESS, while Improved Game = better results. So my mental shift was a win-win for me. I can now return to the primary goal of Self-satisfaction and as a means of relaxation. I am learning to live with the small imperfections that you have to be a contortionist and look at the paint from a million angles to try and find that elusive scratch or swirl, and I`m much happier for doing it. I have decided that "d@mned good" and "better than 99% of the rest of the cars on the road," is plenty good enough. The ONLY person I try to satisfy now, is my wife - when I`m cleaning/detailing her mother`s car, that`s it.
This is the first time I ever heard of anything like this. I carried a Sig throughout my LE career. I used to have a Sig 220 (.45) and eventually my agency switched over to a Sig 229 (.40 cal). They have now issued the new Sig 320 MOS as duty carry. I still have a Sig 229. However I now own three Glocks and just like the way they fit in my hand. I definitely shoot better with a Glock.
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I gave up "chasing the swirl" several years ago. I realized that my cars only had so much clearcoat and with the advance in spray ceramics I don`t spend hours applying a sealant anymore. If my car needs a quick polish its always with an AIO like BF One Step or HD Speed.
One of my cars is coated with CSL/EXO which makes things very easy. I also have given up on needing every new product that hits the market. I have so many quality products that tend to get pushed to the back of the cabinet for the latest and greatest.
My cars look better than 95% of the cars on the road anyway so I am happy
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Am I the only curious to hear Accumulator`s thoughts on handguns? I am tempted to start a thread on it in the general discussion thread if Accum and others have any interest. As wise as many of the detailers are on this forum, I would be curious to hear their thoughts on firearms.
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Hi, Pat! Nice to see you posting, seems like it`s been a while...but then I haven`t been on there that much lately (new dog, for one thing).
Heh heh, my primary thought about Handguns is that these days a whole lotta insufficiently trained, less-than-competent people are carrying `em as if they were magic wands. As with the Driving and the raising of the dogs, Accumulatorette and I take those particular tools, and their use, seriously.
But seriously, eh, I`m a bit reluctant to discuss Guns over the internet for a whole lotta reasons and I caution people to think before they post about `em lest a few keystrokes come back to, uhm...bite your face off.
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Back on-topic...it`s not the *marring* that gets to me, which is good since most of my vehicles have paint that`s too thin for much more correction. Since nobody touches the paint, and I wash the way I do, that`s really just not an issue. It`s not like my wash technique, which I admit is pretty extreme, really takes all *that* much time. It`s just that if I`m gonna set aside a few continuous hours to do a single task, there are other things I`d much rather/oughta do. But sigh... I keep my [stuff] clean and vehicles are things that tend to get dirty.
Eh, I go through this with most new dogs, and the latest one is special enough that I could easily let him monopolize my time.
Don- I simply *LOVE* your epiphany about what other people think! The way you`re approaching it now sounds *VERY* sensible to me...doing what *you* find enjoyable, to *your* standards, for *your* reasons.
Thank you for getting us back on track. I got a little carried away... I`ll take my wet chamois lashings as punishment.
I think you are on to something. I really do my detailing for me and no one else. My wife doesn`t even care as long as everything clean.
I think it was having a couple black cars that actually helped me set reasonable expectation. With my first one, I started to see almost from the beginning there was no way I could keep it perfect all the time without compromising other things in life and/or my sanity. I simply dealt with the bad days (i.e. encrusted in dirt/salt) by looking forward to the good days (a nice hand wash on a warm spring day)
Absolutely. Owning two black cars really improved my skills as well on every front, but I take it at my pace with comfort in knowing the time I put into any of our vehicles has them looking good and to the best of my ability and the time I can put into it.
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